Dialogue Project - English

Dialogues are an essential part of narrative writing;. If used effectively, dialaogues can help to:

• express characters styles and personalities and help readers diferentiate between them.
• express different character's thoughts and opinions
• engage readers
• reveal certain aspects of the plot

Hey there, Gobs, today I will be sharing a project that we had done about dialogues. 

Before I share our dialogues, I will briefly introduce you to dialogues and how to write them. 

• New paragraphs are usually used at the change of speaker.
• Dialogues are written with quotation marks ("") and have the text within them.
• Full stops (.), commas(,), question marks(?), exclamation marks (!), or em (—) dashes before the quotation marks. 
• Capital letters are used to begin the dialogues even in the middle of a sentence.
• Thoughts are represented within speech marks as if they were spoken aloud.

Tips:

• Don't repeatedly use the name of the other person - people don't do this in real life.
• Don't make every single word be written down - everyday words aren't to be randomly written unless actually significant.
• Dialogues are meant to portray spoken language and can be written in an accent (example: "Oi, I don’t think you should be goin' undah this table 'ere, it ain't safe, innit?") or can also be written in wrong grammar to portray the character ("You ain't should go under this table.").

*this was a group project in which we were put into teams and were given pictures and write dialogues for it.

A. Two characters - one sick, the other bringing a gift (Zainab and Naba)

Girl - Grace: very overconfident, outspoken and loud, sassy unkind.

Guy - Jack: very shy, silent kid, awkward but kind

"Oh my god, Jack! You literally look like a sad and sick burrito under that blanket!" Grace hopped into the room, her face worry-struck.

"H-hi Grace, you didn't have to come, I look awful right now, I'm sorry you have to, uh, see me like this, but, er, t-thanks for coming I am glad you did!" said Jack, nervously.

"I've seen you looking worse, Jack, relax! You look worse in your ID card."

Jack turned a bright shade of crimson. "I-I, uh–" Jack stuttered miserably.

"Anywhiz, guess what Jackie! I got you a gift! You're welcome!"

"Oh, Grace, you didn't have to, you coming was enough, I, er–"

"I know it was enough, now, stop the squabbling, open your gift up!" Grace bounced on her toes.

C. two men fighting over a car scratching one angry, the other calm.

Guy1 - Mr Lobster - dramatic overreacting, angry

Guy2 - Dr Leslie White too chill and sarcastic

"You!" shouted Mr Lobster at the top voice. "You scoundrel! You idiot, how dare you! Are you just as woman as your name is?!"

"Are you always this terrible at making turns or is today a special day?" Dr Leslie White, responded with his usual calm demeanor.
"I-How dare you say such a thing to me?! I am the mayor! I can sue you and win in the court of law! My nephew is a judge!" Mr Lobster was red in the face with pure anger.

"Do I look like I care about your titles and relations?" Dr Leslie's expression hadn't changed.

"I just got this car washed and it looks like its been through a war! I'm calling the police." These are the two dialogues and we hope you enjoyed this.

(If you are reading this, our dearest Maryam and Aaliya haven't shared their works as of yet and we look forward to them giving it to us and we will add it in soon.)

Until then,

Regards,

Naba.